Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 10-26-98

Week Ending October 26, 1998

The following numbers of mosquitoes were collected, identified, and then tested at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven. The towns and locations of the sites, date of collection, number of mosquitoes tested, and virus isolations are listed. The total number tested this week: 264.

EEE=Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus------HJ = Highlands J virus
Town/Location Date Number Tested Virus
Isolations
BARKHAMSTED
Hoyt Hayes Swamp 10/13 0 None
BETHANY
Bethany Bog 10/14 8 None
CANAAN
Robin’s Swamp 10/13 2 None
CHESTER
Cockaponset St. Forest 10/15 23 None
CORNWALL
Mohawk Pond 10/08 17 None
CROMWELL
Cromwell Meadows 10/13 7 None
FAIRFIELD
Catamount Rd. --
FARMINGTON
Shade Swamp 10/14 0 None
FRANKLIN
Wildlife Refuge Area --
GROTON
U.S. Submarine Base --
HADDAM
Little City Rd. --
HAMPTON
Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd. 10/08 0 None
KILLINGWORTH
Chittenden Rd. 10/15 3 None
LEDYARD
Cedar Swamp 10/15 7 (1)HJ - Cs.melanura
LITCHFIELD
White Memorial 10/08 2 None
LYME
Cedar Lake --
MADISON
Rt. 80 Cedar Swamp 10/15 7 None
NEW CANAAN
Hoyts Swamp 10/15 0 None
NEWTOWN
Key Rock Rd. 10/15 1 None
NORTH STONINGTON
Assekonk Swamp 10/14 2 None
Bell Cedar Swamp 10/14 10 None
Exit 93 10/13 6 None
Pawcatuck River 10/13 8 None
Wyassup Lake 10/14 7 None
OLD LYME
Great Island --
PLAINFIELD
Cedar Swamp --
REDDING
Lyons Swamp --
RIDGEFIELD
Great Swamp 10/15 1 None
STAFFORD
Cedar Swamp, Nipmuck St. Forest --
STONINGTON
Barn Island 10/13
10/14
10/15
34 None
Stonington H. S. 10/13 10 None
TOLLAND
Bolton Lake --
VOLUNTOWN
Mt. Misery 10/15 2 None
WATERFORD
Waterford Country School 10/08 2 None
Waterford/New London Line 10/08 91 None
WILLINGTON
Pinney Hill Rd. --
WINDHAM
Bass Rd. 10/08 4 None